Dobbs Homburg - info

[casechopper]

I just purchased this homburg on ebay

I would like to know whether I got a good deal? Also, any ideas on when this would have been made?

Thanks,
Sam


edit: photos added because they're no longer in ebay auction.

 

[Mr E Train]

I think you got a good deal on it considering that it's 7 3/4. It looks like it's in good shape, just dirty. It should clean up nicely.

 

[carouselvic]

It depends on the size of the hat. Do you wear a 7 3/4? This might measure 7 3/4".

 

[casechopper]

I'm a 7 3/4 which is why I snapped it up when I saw it. I was actually looking for a derby and found it due to the seller misnaming it.

 

[casechopper]

Looking at it more I'm beginning to wonder whether this actually is a homburg. Could this be something more like this?

(I took this image out of a posting of Lefty's in this thread)

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

Very sharp

Some very sharp colors on that hat!

 

[casechopper]

Any ideas on the age of this hat?

Also, what color do the bow and box look like to you in the photos?

When I purchased it I was looking at it on another monitor and the bow looked like burgundy and the box was a lighter shade of burgundy. Now that I'm on another computer the box looks hot pink and the bow much lighter than before.


Sam

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

Hmmm...

Sort of strikes me as a 1920s or 1930s style.

 

[Brad Bowers]

Nice win, there, and a great price.

It's late-'50s to early-'60s.

Brad

 

[casechopper]

Could you tell me what details helped you to find when it was made?
Also, is the hatbox really hot pink?!
Thanks,
Sam

 

[Brad Bowers]

Sure, the golden coach logo starts appearing on sweatbands around '54. The lining with piping and a dark logo tip are more typical from later in the decade. The brim curl is also consistent with what typically appears on late-'50s hats, as the D'Orsay curl was dead and gone.

I'm guessing the box is red.

Brad

 

[Lefty]

It depends on the size of the hat. Do you wear a 7 3/4? This might measure 7 3/4".

This is what I'd be thinking about. The " is in the auction.

 

[Mr E Train]

This is what I'd be thinking about. The " is in the auction.

That was the first thing I noticed, and my first assumption was that the hat opening measured 7 3/4" across, but it also says in the auction that it is size 7 3/4 and 24". I think it's pretty safe to say that it's a size 7 3/4; the seller just doesn't know the proper sizing nomenclature.

 

[casechopper]

I noticed the seller had written 24" too so I'm not too worried.

It will be arriving tomorrow so I'll know for sure then.

 

[Lefty]

Good luck with the fit. If that works out, a little brushing should have it looking great.

 

[casechopper]

Well, the hat is here and it's a size 7 (measured 22" in circumference inside the sweatband). I've contacted the seller to get it worked out.